Video: San Francisco from 90,000 feet in the air

By: Trevor Mogg

Five buddies from San Francisco recently sent a tech-laden weather balloon on an incredible 90,000-foot journey that garnered some stunning aerial footage of their home city.

Loaded with a Sony a7S mirrorless camera with a 10-18 mm f/4 lens, two GoPro Hero4 cameras, a Hero3+, and a Samsung Galaxy S5  smartphone (plus a GPS tracker and several batteries), the entire kit drifted to an altitude of 91,470 feet – more than twice the cruising altitude of a commercial airliner – capturing some beautiful imagery over San Francisco before the balloon burst, bringing the whole lot crashing back to terra firma in Salinas, 80 miles south of its launch point.
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